Section 69-A, IT Act empowers platform-wide blocking: Delhi HC upholds temporary Telegram Ban as proportionate amid risk of fabricate leak claims in NEET-UG 2026
With 2.2 million candidates appearing in the re-examination and unlawful channels reappearing within minutes of every takedown, the Court held that narrower measures had been exhausted and that Telegram’s own CEO’s public admission of “backdating scams” and “hundreds of removed channels” constituted a concession that rendered the platform-wide block legally sustainable.

